Dominique Morisseau (born March 13, 1978) is an American playwright and actress from Detroit, Michigan.
[6][7] Keys was born in Detroit but grew up in Southfield, Michigan, a nearby suburb of the city.
[8] Morisseau began her performance career as a live poetry speaker, primarily in her hometown community of Harmonie Park in Detroit.
[3] After college, in 2012 and 2013, she received a Playwrights of New York (PoNY) fellowship at the Lark Play Development Center.
[12][13] She wrote the book for the jukebox musical Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations, which is directed by Des McAnuff.
It was nominated for eight AUDELCO Theatre Awards and received the 2014 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.
[2] Former musician Blue decides to sell his beloved jazz club in order to live out his dreams.
Morisseau developed this play first at Williamstown Theatre Festival, where it eventually had its world premiere in July 2015.
The final play in the cycle revolves around a group of auto-plant workers grappling with the likely possibility of foreclosure and impending unemployment.
Morisseau won the 2016 Obie Award Special Citation for Collaboration, along with director Santiago-Hudson and the Atlantic Theater Company for Skeleton Crew.